Bob is one of my mentors, someone who I don't know that well but who I look up to as someone who has a tremendous understanding of racing and competing at all levels and someone who has the results to back it up.  I met him a few years ago through a mutual friend when he was doing his first 100 miler and I was doing my first Olympic triathlon out in California near Lake Tahoe (he was doing the Run the Rim 100).  Since then he's been a tremendous on and off running resource for me. Bob is a … [Read more...]

Here's a great lead paragraph from Michael Cook's blog on his Way Too Cool 50k race.  Click on the link or image to the left for the full story.  Thought is was worth sharing. I can say very little about this race, the 2010 Way Too Cool 50K. But let me say a few things. Part of the joy of racing is the anticipation, the planning, the goal setting, the “I’m going to run…”. The other joy is the memory, the looking back, the reflection. I think sometimes there is very little joy in the … [Read more...]

There may be some holes in the "science" of this study, but it's worth pondering his findings and considering them for yourself.  With  that in mind, read on. Paul Williams has only run one marathon in his life, but by his own research, he could probably benefit from running a few more. A scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Williams has put together the world's largest study on runners, and the evidence found over 20 years of research points to an important conclusion: … [Read more...]